Subject: Northern England
Period: 1749 (circa)
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Color: Hand Color
A lovely pair of maps of counties in northern England. Each locates villages, towns, market towns, parks and roads. Hadrian's Wall is prominently depicted on the Northumberland map, and King Arthur's Table is located at the top of the Westmoreland map near Penrith (Cumbria). Both maps are adorned by compass roses and decorative title cartouches.
A. Northumberland, Drawn from an Actual Survey (6.8 x 8.4").
B. Westmoreland Drawn from ye Best Authorities and Regulated by Astronl. Observatns. (8.6 x 6.6").
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Condition: A
Crisp impressions with wide margins. The second map has some minor foxing in the blank margins.